antique shop

When Chris and I moved into our house 2 1/2 years ago we knew that decorating was going to be a process.  As of now we have 'completed' every room except for our front room (supposed to be a dining room).  About a year after we moved into our house I decided to go back to school to get my teaching license and Chris decided to pursue his dream of becoming a firefighter...these things, among others, made it hard for us to purchase big items for decorating.  Thus, our front room quickly fell into being Bauer's bedroom and playroom.

Now that Bauer is 3 years old Chris and I have decided that he no longer needs his crate.  Unfortunately, this makes our room look even more empty and with my school expenses we have a budget of....close to zero.  So, Craigslist it was!  I started looking in July for an old dresser that I could paint white to use as a buffet.  It was like finding a needle in a haystack.  Finally, last Saturday I found one that was worthy of looking at in person.  It was at an antique shop up in Mechanicsville so Chris and I headed up.

The antique shop was an old log cabin and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.  There were so many cool things.  I could have spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars!! We decided to get the dresser and I got two amazing 6 pane old old windows for only $9 each.  Ohhh yeahhhh.  I can't wait to take my sister and mom back because I know they will love it too!!

Me and Bauer showing off our new dresser!  He's a little sad he's losing his room, but he can't be that sad because he's pretty much taken over ours!

Oh, did I mention that the dresser is PEPTO BISMOL PINK!?  Hahahahaha we are going to probably strip it down and repaint it.  We will probably also get new hardware for it too.  I have so many fun things I want to add to the room.  Slowly but surely.  I would also like a leather chair and another chair for this room, but those may have to be Christmas presents!

We are excited about our awesome find and can't wait to start putting the room together, piece by piece.